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July 16, 2015 in City on Page A6
A package of transportation bills that includes an 11.9 cent gasoline tax increase and about $16 billion worth of projects around the state became law Wednesday. The first 7 cents …
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July 12, 2015 in City on Page A1
Stacey Jordan has been waiting two decades for an answer to when the state will take the property that holds his family-owned business. Industrial Welding, at 1203 N. Greene St., …
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May 28, 2015 in City on Page A5
OLYMPIA – The Washington state House of Representatives passed a $5.1 billion transportation budget Wednesday, sending the compromise spending plan to the Senate, which could pass it before the first …
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May 21, 2015 in City on Page A5
The Federal Highway Administration’s top official lobbied for passage of a $478 billion transportation bill while touring Spokane’s unfinished North Spokane Corridor on Wednesday. Gregory Nadeau, acting administrator of the …
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April 14, 2015 in City, Region on Page A1
OLYMPIA – Transportation projects in the city of Spokane would get more money, but projects in Spokane Valley would get less, in the Washington Legislature’s second proposal to raise the …
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April 10, 2015 in City, Region on Page A7
OLYMPIA – The House approved a transportation budget Thursday that includes money to repave nearly 2,100 miles of state highway, repair up to 50 structurally deficient bridges and continue work …
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March 27, 2015 in City on Page A6
OLYMPIA – A steady stream of business leaders and local government officials urged a House panel to raise the gasoline tax and several other vehicle fees and spend the projected …
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Oct. 22, 2014 in Business on Page A10
OLYMPIA – Washington would get a major economic boost by finishing the North Spokane Corridor and some other major road projects worth $7 billion, a state business group said Tuesday. …

Oct. 15, 2014 in City, Region on Page A1
There was a moment in last week’s sole debate between state Rep. Matt Shea and his challenger, Josh Arritola, that summed up the race between the two Republicans. Arritola dispensed …
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July 13, 2014 in City on Page B1
The current design for connecting the long-elusive North Spokane Corridor to Interstate 90 has some local leaders worried that traffic congestion would grow worse in east Spokane neighborhoods. The Spokane …
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June 12, 2014 in Business, City, Washington on Page A1
Owners of a prominent business center say the long delay in finishing the North Spokane Corridor has cost them millions. But the claim made in a lawsuit by the owners …
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March 13, 2014 in City on Page A5
OLYMPIA – Washington drivers won’t see gasoline taxes rise 11.5 cents over the next three year. But they also might not see the Legislature come up with the money to …
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Feb. 14, 2014 in City on Page A1
OLYMPIA – The coalition controlling the Washington Senate released a $12 billion transportation package that would raise gasoline taxes by 11.5 cents a gallon over three years and finish several …
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Jan. 23, 2014 in City on Page A1
OLYMPIA – Don’t get your hopes up for new money to finish the north-south freeway, a group of business, civic and political leaders from Spokane was told Wednesday. The chances …
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Dec. 30, 2013 in City on Page A1
Spokane County’s regional transportation system can expect $10.9 billion in funding through 2040. But that won’t be enough to pay for all the region’s transportation needs, according to a newly …

Nov. 21, 2013 in City on Page A1
OLYMPIA – Senate negotiators will begin the push today for a package of road projects that could complete the North Spokane Corridor and raise gasoline taxes by 11.5 cents over …
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Oct. 17, 2013 in City on Page A1
Gov. Jay Inslee toured Spokane on Wednesday, urging state lawmakers to craft a new transportation bill that would include money for the North Spokane Corridor. “I think we ought to …
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Sept. 30, 2013 in City on Page A1
Completing the North Spokane Corridor from Francis Avenue to Interstate 90 remains a top priority for local elected leaders seeking state funding for the project. On Wednesday, two state senators …
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Aug. 18, 2013 in City on Page B2
OLYMPIA – To the long list of things Puget Sound communities have that Spokane residents can be glad they don’t, add toll bridges. Spokane’s last such facility, the Maple Street …
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July 22, 2013 in City on Page A1
The next step in building the North Spokane Corridor involves up to $20 million worth of work to reconfigure rail lines in Hillyard. The job will take almost two years. …
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April 17, 2013 in City on Page A5
OLYMPIA – House Democrats passed a two-year, $8.4 billion spending plan for the state’s highways, bridges, ferries and bus systems on Tuesday, overcoming Republican objections about a controversial bridge over …
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April 5, 2013 in City on Page A6
OLYMPIA – Legislators began hearings Thursday on competing but similar multibillion-dollar spending plans for Washington’s highways, bridges, ferries and mass transit. Prepared separately by the House and Senate, the two …
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Feb. 21, 2013 in City on Page A1
OLYMPIA – The North Spokane corridor is among the beneficiaries of the Legislature’s latest bid to boost gas taxes and other fees. The long-running road construction project – sometimes called …
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Jan. 27, 2013 in City on Page B2
OLYMPIA – There may be things for which the Spokane area reasonably envies other communities around the state, but lobbying the Legislature for a list of collective hopes and dreams …

Oct. 10, 2012 in City on Page A5
The Democratic opponent of U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in the November election used much of their first debate working to portray the incumbent Republican as an ingrained fixture in …
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Oct. 8, 2012 in City on Page A1
A nonprofit organization is gearing up for a campaign to create a new military and aerospace museum at Felts Field in northeast Spokane. The Spokane Airport Board recently approved a …

Oct. 3, 2012 in City on Page A6
It may be an election year, but Democrats and Republicans agreed on Tuesday that completion of the northern half of the North Spokane Corridor was a bipartisan accomplishment. U.S. Sen. …
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